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２０００年問題 (nisennenmondai) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

２０００にせん年ねん問もん題だい

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Meanings

1

Y2K problem; year 2000 problem

historical termcomputing›

Historical computing term referring to the bug expected when dates rolled over to the year 2000.

２０００年ねん問もん題

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備そな

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多おお

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の

企き

業ぎょう

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システム

を

改かい

修しゅう

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た

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In preparation for the Y2K problem, many companies updated their systems.

Expressions

２０００にせん年ねん問もん題だい対たい応おうY2K compliant

Kanji

年year, counter for years
問question, ask, problem
題topic, subject
二two, two radical (no. 7)

Related words

Y2Kわいつーけー
English abbreviation commonly used in Japanese technical contexts; ２０００年問題 is the native Japanese term.

Word family

西せい暦れき２０００にせん年ねん問もん題だい
Y2K problem; year 2000 problem

Written forms

２０００にせん年ねん問もん題だい
Standard spelling using Arabic numerals; widely used in media and technical contexts.
二〇〇〇年問題にせんねんもんだい
Kanji numeral spelling; less common but still seen in formal or traditional writing.

Etymology

Compound of ２０００年 (year 2000) and 問題 (problem), directly describing the Y2K issue.